Hammock-spreader



(No Model.)

I. E. PALMER. HAMMOOK SPREADER.

No. 468,576. Patented Feb. 9, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETO\VN, CONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK-SPREADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,576, dated February9, 1892. Appllcatlon filed August 11, 1891. Serial No. 402,352. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new andusefulImprovementin Hammock-Spreaders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hammock-Spreaders in which twosuperposed sections are secured together and spaced apart at intervalsto receive the suspension-cords of the hammock.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the spreader inposition in connection with ahammock, aportion only of the latter beingshown. Fig. 2 is a view of the spreader in side elevation, and Fig. 3isa view of a modified form.

The spreader is formed of two half-sections of curved form, onehalf-section being superposed upon the other and the two rivetedtogether at points intermediate of the spaces for the passage of thesuspension-cords.

In the preferred form (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) the spaces for thepassage of the cords are formed by the insertion of washers between thehalf-sections of the spreader, and the rivets which hold the sectionstogether pass through the washers and secure them against displacement.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the adjacent faces of the half-sections restin contact with each other at the points where the rivets extend throughthe sections, and the spacing for the suspension-cordsis formed bycutting away each of the opposite faces.

The upper half-section of the spreader is denoted by A and the lowerhalf-section by A. The separating or spacing washers are represented byB and the rivets which extend through the sections and washers by C. Thespaces between the half-sections at or near the ends of the spreaderwhere the outer suspension-cords are located are made of less depth thanthose intermediate, so that the spreader may be tightly gripped to saidouter cords and 'at the same time allow the intermediate cords to renderand adjust themselves relatively to the outer cords under the strain dueto the weight suspended in the hammock. The variation in the depth ofthe spaces at the end and intermediate of the ends may be convenientlyprovided for by using washers as thin as the least space re quired, andwhere a greater space is required insert two or more washers laid oneupon another.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A hammock-spreader comprising longitudinal sectionssupported one upon the other and provided with spaces intermediate ofits ends for the passage of the suspension-cords,

and fastenings alternating with the passages for the suspension-cords,which fastenings serve to bind the two superposed sections together as arigid whole and at the same time serve to hold the suspension-cordssecurely in their passages, substantially as set forth.

2. A hammock-spreader comprising longitudinal sections, spacing-washersinserted at intervals between the sections, the spacing being of lessdepth at the ends than intermediate of the ends, and rivets extendingthrough the sections and washers for sec-u ring them rigidly together,substantially as set forth.

ISAAC E. PALMER. Witnesses:

'FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

